Maniwaki sub. From Canadian Railway and Marine World/Canadian Transportation - showing date and page number 01-Feb-1899Page 40 Press despatches from Ottawa recently stated that this line would be extended this year from its present terminus at Gracefield to Maniwaki. The General Superintendent advises us that at present he is unable to say when the work is to be gone on with. 01-May-1899Page 136 It is doubtful if the proposed extension from the present terminus at Gracefield, 60 miles from Ottawa, to Maniwaki, 28 miles, will be gone on with this year. (Feb pg. 40). 01-Jun-1899Page 176 No definite information is obtainable as to whether the proposed extension from the present terminus at Gracefield, 60 miles from Ottawa, to Maniwaki, 28 miles, will be gone on this year. Settlers from beyond Maniwaki have petitioned for a further extension north to Eagle Bay on Great Victoria Lake. (May pg. 136). 01-Aug-1899Page 236 The proposed extension from the present terminus at Gracefield, 60 miles from Ottawa, to Maniwaki, 28 miles, is not likely to be built this year, but it is expected that 15 miles will be finished, which will carry the line from Gracefield to Blue Sea Lake. (June pg. 176). 01-Sep-1899Page 265 Travel on the Ottawa and Gatineau railway this year is very much in advance of previous seasons, substantial returns being realized from advertisement of the country by the road, by a gratifying influx of tourists. All the hotels and summer boarding houses are well patronized, the bracing atmosphere of the Gatineau Hills proving an almost irresistible attraction for those who have ever visited the place. The advertisement which the northern part of Quebec received at the recent sportsman's show in New York is also expected to bring good results and a heavy influx of sportsmen during the open season, which will soon be here. 01-Sep-1899Page 296 Work is proceeding on the extension from Hull to Aylmer, but it may not be completed this fall. The city of Hull is bonussing the Co. to the extent of $30,000, the Co. agreeing to build a station at the terminus to cost at least $4,000; to have the work shops, shunting yards, etc. in Hull; to employ 40 residents of Hull during the first two years, and 50 afterwards and to have all the works completed by September 30, 1900. (Jly. pg. 210). 01-Nov-1899Page 327 Construction is proceeding on the extension from Gracefield to Maniwaki and it is expected to take out all the rock during the winter and finish the work to Maniwaki early next spring or summer. The extension skirts the shores of Castor, Trout, Blue Sea, Abittobee and several other large lakes and will be between 23 and 25 miles in length. (Pct. pg. 296.) 01-Feb-1900Page 42 On the extension from Gracefield to Maniwaki no track has yet been laid. The rock work is being proceeded with this winter with the intention of pushing the grading through to Maniwaki during next summer. (Nov. '99 pg. 327.) 01-Apr-1900Page 115 The extension of this line from Gracefield to Maniwaki will be proceeded with this season. It is said stations will be established at Blue Sea Lake, Bouchette and Maniwaki. (Mar. pg. 42.) 01-May-1900Page 137 The Ottawa and Gatineau Ry. is said to have ordered four cars for excursion purposes. 01-Jun-1900Page 167 The Ottawa and Gatineau Ry. is in the market for four 1st class passenger coaches, 1 baggage car and 25 box and flat cars. The rumour that the Co. had ordered four cars for excursion service mentioned in our last issue was incorrect. The allied line, the Pontiac Pacific Junction, is also in the market for one 1st class passenger coach and 15 box and platform cars. These lines lost 13 cars in the recent Hull-Ottawa fire. August-22-17 Colin J. Churcher Page 1 of 5 01-May-1902Page 163 The C.P.R.'s Latest Purchase. The C.P.R. Co. has through friendly parties entered into an agreement to purchase the undertaking of the Ottawa Northern and Western Ry., under which title the old Ottawa and Gatineau Ry. had acquired the Pontiac Pacific Junction Ry., and the Inter-provincial bridge between Ottawa and Hull, and also secured power to acquire the Hull electric railway, on which it has an option. The transfer of the line will, it is understood, be made at an early date. The price paid for the property is said to be about $4,500,000, but this is merely a conjecture. The total cost of the various undertakings, as given in the report of the Minister of Railways for the year ended June 30, 1901, is $4,441,530.08, since which time the Pontiac Pacific Junction Line from Aylmer to Hull, Que., 8.50 miles, has been completed ; and the same report shows that the stock, bonds and floating indebtedness of the several undertakings amounts to $4,821,204.35. Some months ago a syndicate, composed of A. F. Gault, S. Finlay, S. H. Ewing, and Hanson Bros., was formed in Montreal to finance the undertaking, it being reported that the bonds to be issued were to cover $3,800,000 of stock, $1,000,000 each for the O. and G. Ry., the P.P. Jct. Ry., the Inter-provincial Bridge, and $800,000 for the Hull Electric Ry. The O. and G. Ry. was arranging to extend its line to Maniwaki, and the Quebec Legislature has granted an extension of a year within which the balance of the bonus may be earned, and the P.P. Jct. Ry. has power to extend its line to Pembroke, for which an extension of time was granted in 1900. At the present session of the Dominion Parliament a bill amalgamating the several undertakings has been read a third time in the House of Commons. The Ottawa and Gatineau Valley Ry. Co. was organized in 1885 under an act of the Quebec Legislature to construct a line from Hull in the direction of Desart(sic); and was reorganized under a Dominion act of 1887, power being given to extend the projected line from the confluence of the Desart and Gatineau rivers to James' Bay, 10 years being allowed for the completion of the work. The line was completed to Wright, 51 miles, in 1894, and to Gracefield, 57.87, in 1896. In 1894 the name of the Co. was changed to the Ottawa and Gatineau Ry. Co., with enlarged powers, and in 1901 another change of name was made to the Ottawa, Northern and Western Ry. Co., and still further extending its powers for developing the resources of the district opened up, and increasing its bonding powers to $25,000 a mile. The line is in operation from Hull to Gracefield, Que. 57.87 miles, all of which is laid with 56 Ib steel rails ; and the Co. has 3 locomotive: (1 leased), 11 passenger cars, 2 baggage cars, 6 stock and box cars, 21 flat cars, 1 service car, 1 snow plow and 1 flanger. Its financial statement on June 30, 1901 was as follows :Capital stock authorized and subscribed, $1,000,000, paid up, $504,000; 5% bonds authorized, $12,000,000 ; issued, $1,136,000, none sold ; subsidies - Dominion, voted, $384,000 ; earned and paid, $284,128 ; Quebec, voted, $796,520 ; earned and paid, $656.853.92; total capital, $3,316,520 ; floating debt, $577,196.96 at 7%; total cost of line and equipment, $1,194,004.28. The operation of the line showed : trains run - passenger 20,426; freight, 2,380; mixed, 40,310 ; total, 63,116 miles; passengers carried, 72,608; freight carried, 39,076 tons; gross earnings, $82,033.71; net earnings, $16,213.11. The Pontiac Pacific Junction Ry. Co. was incorporated by the Dominion Parliament in 1880 to construct a railway from Aylmer, Que., through Pontiac county, crossing the Ottawa river, and thence to Pembroke, Ont., being given six years to complete the work. In 1882 power was acquired to construct a bridge over the river into the city of Ottawa, and in 1887 a further act was obtained giving power to extend the projected line from Pembroke to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and northwesterly in Quebec; to purchase the Aylmer branch of the C.P.R., and further time for construction was given. In 1890 an act was passed to facilitate the transfer of the C.P.R. branch between Hull and Aylmer, Que., and other acts granting extensions of time for the completion of the Co.'s undertakings, authorizing amalgamation with other companies, were passed. The line is now in operation between Aylmer and Waltham, Que., 70.60 miles, and the line from Aylmer to Hull, 8.50, was completed and put in operation late in 1901. There are 74.10 miles of track (70.60 being laid with 56-lb. steel), 3.50 miles being sidings. The Co. has 4 locomotives, 2 passenger cars, 1 baggage car, 5 box cars, 48 flat cars, 1 service car, 1 snow plow and one flanger. The financial statement to June 30, 1901, is as follows :- Capital stock - authorized, $3,000,-000; subscribed and paid-up, $300,000; bonds - authorized, $10,200,000, none issued ; Dominion subsidies - voted, $331,850, earned and paid, $193,587 ; Quebec subsidies - voted, $536,000, earned and paid up, $497,969.63 ; municipal subsidies - voted, $101,000, earned and paid up, $100,000. Total capital - subscribed, $1,268,850 ; paid up, $1,091,547.63; floating debt, $560,740.32 at 6½%; cost of line, $1,648,160.33.